Fragmentary signet ring

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Found with seven other silver rings on the lower stairs leading to the burial chambers. Only the bezel survives. It features a circular, intaglio bezel with an indistinct design (possibly four scorpions).

Provenance

From Meroe, Beg. N, Pyramid N 22, tomb of Natakamani, lower stairs leading to the burial chamber. January 1922: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1924: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.